Name: Tri-State livestock auction prices — 2025-01-20
Creator: RaisedBeef
Published: 2025-01-20

Reporter comment USDA

As filed

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 8.00 lower except 550 lbs was 15.00 higher, heifers were steady - 10.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate on a very cold day.

Weight class

Steers · summary 500–600 lb

Weighted average of every reported lot

500–600 lb steers averaged $354.99/cwt on 139 head.

Average price

$354.99

139 head · 562 lb average

Value per head Derived

$1,996

Price × average weight ÷ 100

Grade differential Derived

—

single grade reported

vs the market

−9.00

vs NE average

+14.05 vs national

What quality paid 500–600 lb

Frame and muscle grade

Frame / muscle	Avg wt	$/cwt	$/head	Head
Medium and Large 1	562	354.99	1,996	139

Only one grade was reported at this weight, so there is no spread to compute.

How it compared 500–600 lb

Same class and week · spot auction only

This sale139 hd

354.99

—

NE average10 barns · 7,114 hd

364.00

−9.00

National average147 barns · 15,667 hd

340.94

+14.05

A barn can sit above the state average at one weight and below it at another — check the class you actually sell.

Every lot, as filed

27 lots · USDA AMS · Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Nothing removed and nothing rounded — the same lots as the USDA report, with per-head values added.

Class	Grade / description	Weight	Avg wt	Price	Range	Per head	Head
Heifers	Medium and Large 1Fancy	700–750	714	276.35/cwt	275.00–277.00	1,973	81
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	368	346.00/cwt	346.00–346.00	1,273	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	558	301.00/cwt	301.00–301.00	1,680	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	404	370.00/cwt	370.00–370.00	1,495	17
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	471	340.49/cwt	329.00–349.00	1,604	22
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	675	268.98/cwt	267.00–273.00	1,816	52
Steers	Medium and Large 1	350–400	384	417.00/cwt	417.00–417.00	1,601	9
Steers	Medium and Large 1	400–450	426	401.00/cwt	401.00–401.00	1,708	11
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	615	287.44/cwt	275.00–291.00	1,768	150
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	816	250.50/cwt	250.50–250.50	2,044	63
Steers	Medium and Large 1	800–850	811	277.00/cwt	277.00–277.00	2,246	62
Steers	Medium and Large 1	950–1000	959	259.00/cwt	259.00–259.00	2,484	62
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	447	340.00/cwt	340.00–340.00	1,520	10
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	400–450	442	364.00/cwt	364.00–364.00	1,609	9
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	600–650	619	265.50/cwt	265.50–265.50	1,643	36
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	741	251.25/cwt	251.25–251.25	1,862	77
Steers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	533	342.58/cwt	341.00–346.00	1,826	26
Steers	Medium and Large 1	550–600	569	357.85/cwt	355.25–361.00	2,036	113
Steers	Medium and Large 1	700–750	727	283.31/cwt	280.25–287.00	2,060	88
Steers	Medium and Large 1-2	750–800	793	246.00/cwt	246.00–246.00	1,951	6
Heifers	Medium and Large 1-2	700–750	727	250.77/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,823	51
Steers	Medium and Large 1	650–700	689	297.19/cwt	293.00–306.00	2,048	131
Steers	Medium and Large 1	450–500	476	400.00/cwt	400.00–400.00	1,904	7
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	776	252.78/cwt	250.00–255.00	1,962	266
Heifers	Medium and Large 1	500–550	534	330.39/cwt	326.00–333.00	1,764	72
Steers	Medium and Large 1	600–650	619	322.86/cwt	313.50–328.25	1,999	175
Steers	Medium and Large 1	750–800	773	279.53/cwt	268.50–284.00	2,161	224

How this sale compares

Nebraska weighted averages

One sale is one barn on one day. The state ladder is every Nebraska auction USDA reported that week, weighted by head — the fairer test of whether a lot sold well.

Nebraska feeder prices, every weight →Every state and region →

Tri-State Livestock Auction - McCook, NE

Mon Jan 20, 2025

USDA Livestock, Poultry & Grain Market News · Federal-State Market News Service, Kearney, NE (LS-WH)

Receipts 1,930Last week 3,000Year ago 3,180

Compared to last week, steers were steady - 8.00 lower except 550 lbs was 15.00 higher, heifers were steady - 10.00 lower. Demand was good to moderate on a very cold day.

Feeder Cattle

As reported

Head	Wt range	Avg wt	Price range	Avg price
Heifers — Medium and Large 1 · Fancy$ per cwt · actual wt
81	700–750	714	275.00–277.00	276.35
Heifers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
7	350–400	368	346.00	346.00
17	400–450	404	370.00	370.00
22	450–500	471	329.00–349.00	340.49
72	500–550	534	326.00–333.00	330.39
9	550–600	558	301.00	301.00
150	600–650	615	275.00–291.00	287.44
52	650–700	675	267.00–273.00	268.98
77	700–750	741	251.25	251.25
266	750–800	776	250.00–255.00	252.78
63	800–850	816	250.50	250.50
Heifers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
10	400–450	447	340.00	340.00
36	600–650	619	265.50	265.50
51	700–750	727	250.00–255.00	250.77
Steers — Medium and Large 1$ per cwt · actual wt
9	350–400	384	417.00	417.00
11	400–450	426	401.00	401.00
7	450–500	476	400.00	400.00
26	500–550	533	341.00–346.00	342.58
113	550–600	569	355.25–361.00	357.85
175	600–650	619	313.50–328.25	322.86
131	650–700	689	293.00–306.00	297.19
88	700–750	727	280.25–287.00	283.31
224	750–800	773	268.50–284.00	279.53
62	800–850	811	277.00	277.00
62	950–1000	959	259.00	259.00
Steers — Medium and Large 1-2$ per cwt · actual wt
9	400–450	442	364.00	364.00
6	750–800	793	246.00	246.00

Head, weight ranges, average weights and price ranges are exactly as USDA AMS filed them — nothing recomputed, nothing rounded — in USDA's own reporting structure. This is RaisedBeef's rendering of that data, not a copy of USDA's document.

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